with me is one of the sponsors, richard burr.king on health care issues for a long time. senator, i appreciate you coming on on this. let's start with a couple -- is this essentially wide and bennett from 2007 that mccain -- and here's what i remember, the portion, taxing health care plans, you know how politically toxic that was for john mccain in 2008. as unpopular as the mandate is to some, taxing a benefit is very unpopular to others. >> in fact, chuck, what we do to correct everybody out there is that we apply a tax for cadillac plans. in other words, for a plan that meets 65% of the highest-priced plan in the marketplace, 35% of it would have tax consequences. that misses the majority of the american people. as a matter of fact, it mirrors the president's own proposal in the affordable care act, which taxes cadillac plans. so there's very little difference in how the president -- >> well, you're expanding -- you're expanding the number of plans you would tax. >> well, i -- i -- i think if you look at the definition of 65% o

north carolina richard burr one of those three septemberors with me from washington. >> great, bill. >> i want to talk about your plan and idea. republicans have said for three and half years, there is a better way to do this and this will hurt the economy. and i know you are going to make the case in a moment here that what the cbo put out a if i weres your worst fears. before we go there though, the white house said actually this will give you more freedom. you don't want to work full- time you can work 35 hours a week and allow you to have better choice and an american dream can come true. >> you would expect that out of an administration whose plan has raised the cost of health care for everybody yet they say the price went down. and 6 million people were knocked off insurance and 2 million enrolled and 4 million in the hole right now. even though it is a snapshot of employment and means that americans will work less hours and make less money and pay more for health care. what tom coburn and orin hatch and i tried to do. how do we make health care affordable for all americans reg

. >> reporter: republican senator richard burr sits on the senate intelligence committee which recently released this bipartisan report concluding the benghazi attack was preventible. investors never found credible reporting linking the attack to a demonstration s anti-islam video. >> we've done a forensic on that event. we've never found a reference to demonstrations from individuals who were on the ground, whether it's the chief of station in tripoli, whether it's the diplomatic security or the grs response team that went. from day one all referrals were an attack that was under way. >> reporter: fox news has learned new details about a secure video conference call less than 72 hours after the attack. two sources familiar with the call say it included morel, the cia chief of station, benghazi survivors who were evacuated to germany as well as greg hicks, ambassador chris stevens deputy. after an update from personnel on the ground washington is also told washington's singular focus on the video left participants in libya baffled and dismayed, that the cia's number two seemed to dismis

. >> richard burr is one of the six on the committee who signed the addendum. republicans and democrats diss agreed on whether the talking points were altered for political advantage. >> i think mike morrell has had a distinguished political career, but many of the comments he's made about especially in the last decade at the agency, are inconsistent with most of what he said while he was a cia representative and coming before the committee. >> now a private citizen in an interview with 60 minutes, morrell seemed to distance himself from his years at the cia under president bush and from the water boarding of 9/11 suspect khalid sheikh mohammed. >> my view is that the coercive techniques were the wrong thing to do. my view was that those techniques were inconsistent with american values. and for that reason, i don't think they should have been done. >> in addition to joining beacon global strategies, a firm founded by someone recently described by the "new york times" magazine as, quote, clinton's principle gate keeper, he is now a paid tv commentator on nation

and richard burr, not exactly a moderate republican, from north carolina, i'm not sure i've ever seen them listen to anybody. they can have all the summits, but this doesn't make a squat of difference. what do you say to this, orrin hatch was pretty tough on you guys, on my show, a couple of months ago believing you guys led them down a shutdown path that was a mistake. >> i think they're politicians who just want to go forward and preserve the status quo, deem debt limits passed, not pass fundamental tax reform, because it might upset somebody on k street. we'll probably not have the best working relationship. go there's big, bold politics that want to go to the american people and present a choice, like ted cruz is on energy, in a speech he gave monday at heritage, like tom price is on obamacare, like jeb henchly is on fannie and freddie reform, those are the people on the battlefield every single day, and we think american people will be inspired to see politicians who aren't trying to have fake food fights. they're not trying to have a vote to turn into a 30-second tv commercial.

>> i'm senator richard burr from north carolina, ranking member of the veterans affairs committee. military veterans are going about their lives with the expectation that their sacrifices will be honored and their services will be reciprocated by the government and the people they served. a young marine sergeant just back from his tour in afghanistan is mulling his career options of a transition seminar. a army major wounded in iraq is out getting used to her new prosthetic leg and a navy seal is having coffee with a vietnam vet he met outside the clinic. and a discharged colonel with thousands of combat flying hours is checking his e-mail for some word on his disability claim. congress authorized over $600 billion to va and government fuppeding for veterans programs designed to be part of a more responsive federal support for veterans outreach and care. this unprecedented level of support has been especially evident in the areas of veteran's benefits, specific disability payments. the surge in financial support has not been matched with an equivalent surge of responsiveness from t

our best experts on the republican side on the health care issue -- senator orrin hatch, senator richard burr, and dr. -- senator dr. tom cobun, and man coburn, y released a tentative of what it might look like. there's got to be a resolution of this. because policies are being canceled. the costs for people with coverage are going up and it is hurting the economy. it is turning full-time work into part-time work. at some point -- i don' i don'tw what iwhen it is -- we're goingo have to confront this reality and deal with it mured to -- in order to protect ou constituentf people we're here to represent. so an alternative to what the president's command and control over one-sifnlg our economy, under obamacare the government gets to choose. under our alternative, you get to choose. i want to highlight just a few more of the findingsing of th fe findings of the congressional budget office report. for the next ten years america's debt is going to be in a sustainable place. i am frayed what the president i am afraid the president is falling in a trap here because we're living in a surreal time whe

as we stand here today, pending on the floor has been legislation filed by senator richard burr. in that legislation contains important sanctions that are essentially an insurance policy to make sure that tehran does not play the united states of america and in fact that they are serious about stopping their nuclear weapons program. fortunately, there is a history with iran. it's a history where we talk, they enrich, and there is a long history of that. and that's why it is so important right now that we have this insurance policy. these sanctions that are pending on the floor would only go in place if iran violates the interim agreement that pab -- has been entered into between the administration and other countries in the world and iran, and if they fail to reach a final agreement that is acceptable to the security interests of the united states of america and to our allies in the region to make the world a safer place. let me just say up front, we cannot accept a nuclear-capable iran. in other words, an iran that is capable of having a nuclear weapon. why is that? iran is a co

republicans have been circling the wagon on in the last few days is an amendment, substitute amendment i richard burr who is a the ranking member on the veterans affairs committee and as i said it's a substitute amendment that would narrow some of the benefit revisions and a provision that had another round of iran sanctions which is more or less what was proposed by senators menendez and kirk in the last couple of months. i can their contention was it had 59 co-sponsors and they thought that it was time that i got a vote on the floor and it did not. >> you talked about chairman sanders and you attended his press conference afterwards and you tweeted that he rejects the idea that the veterans bill was a political issue. says it could have been a political winner for both hardy so any chance it will be revived in the senate anytime soon? >> that is unclear at this point. the budget point of order against the bill was a pretty strong blow to the legislation. under the rules now because that point of order goes back to the committee and the idea is that they have to now make corrections to the bill to c

so we've been working on this legislation for a number of years, senator richard burr, the senior senator from north carolina and i have led this effort in the senate and i said, it would build upon that 529 model for education. the able act enjoys the support of 63 united states senators, 63 cosponsors in the thousands it's up to 335 members of the house. so that's why we mentioned over 400 members of the congress agree, and that's why that hashtag pass the able act, exclamation point, is important to highlight. there -- i should say there are few measures that come before the senate or the house that enjoy that kind of bipartisan support. in the senate, for example, there's no more than five bills that enjoy the support of 63 or more senators. so we're happy about that, but it's not -- we're not done yet. we still have a long, long way to go to get this legislation done. so as important as it is to highlight the numbers, it's also important to highlight the people that did the hard work to get us there. i'd like to be able to commend members of the house and the senate, but the ones who

with our veterans, one offered by senator sanders of vermont and another one offered by senator richard burr of north carolina. and i'm asking that the majority leader allow an open process so that we can craft a good bill for our veterans. that means allowing amendments. that means allowing a vote on both bills. and i believe that with an open process, with an open amendment process by allowing votes as i've described, that we can, in fact, build the kind of bipartisan support to -- the kind of bipartisan consensus that we need to, in fact, pass this legislation. and there are provisions in the bills that i think have broad bipartisan support. that's why it's so open that we have this open -- why it's so important we have this open process. now, one such provision that can help us build that kind of bipartisan support is the iran sanctions provision in the legislation. it's sponsored by democrats senator bob menendez of new jersey and also republican senator mark kirk of illinois. and it's cosponsored by 57 other senators. including myself. so we're talking about a piece of legislation with

the ranking them on the veterans' affairs committee richard burr of north carolina has tried offer anuld find savings in the va department. his alternative includes a provision seeking new sanctions on iran. votes including a possible final passage vote scheduled to start at 2 p.m. today. the general on the nomination of mike o'connor to be deputy secretary of the interior. and now live to the senate floor. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, we find joy in obeying your commands. with all our hearts, we thank you for your guidance that keeps us on the road of abundant living. today, make our lawmakers instruments of your providence, measuring up to the challenges of these momentous times. as they seek to honor your great name, transform their common days into transfiguring and redemptive moments. cleanse the fountains of their hearts from all that defiles, making them fit vessels to be used for your honor. guide today's deliberations, debates, and decisions. we pray in your holy name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i p

one of the latest proposals came last week from senators tom coburn, richard burr, and orrin hatch. we will watch as much of this as we can before the house gavels in back in. host: she joins us to have a look about some republicans to appeal and replace the affordable care act. who is behind this new refill? how is it different from others that have been offer? coburn and orrin hatch and richard byrd say they to startueprint conversation particularly among senate republicans. on the house side, there have been repeal and replace measures floated. what they did have was dozens of for placement ideas, none of which i've really got a consensus among the caucus around that -- none of which have really got a consensus in the caucus around them. the senate is kickstarting a debate which means there could be one gop repeal and replacement plan. the affordability and responsibility empowering act. this looks to keep several inponents of obamacare existence after it goes through. what is in and what is out? guest: it does. it feels a lot at least at first you like the federal health law. fe